Luca Nizzetto

10.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
114 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Luca Nizzetto is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Luca Nizzetto has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Pollution, 62 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 32 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Luca Nizzetto's work include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (48 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (47 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (30 papers). Luca Nizzetto is often cited by papers focused on Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (48 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (47 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (30 papers). Luca Nizzetto collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Czechia and Italy. Luca Nizzetto's co-authors include Martyn N. Futter, Rachel Hurley, Sindre Langaas, P. G. Whitehead, Marianne Olsen, Amy Lusher, Kevin C. Jones, Dan Butterfield, Girija K. Bharat and Gianbattista Bussi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Luca Nizzetto

108 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Are Agricultural Soils Dumps for Microplastics of Urban Origin?

2016 1.2k citations Luca Nizzetto, Martyn N. Futter et al. profile →
Validation of a Method for Extracting Microplastics from Complex, Organic-Rich, Environmental Matrices

2018 715 citations Rachel Hurley, Marianne Olsen et al. profile →
A theoretical assessment of microplastic transport in river catchments and their retention by soils and river sediments

2016 609 citations Luca Nizzetto, Martyn N. Futter et al. profile →
Health and ecological risk assessment of emerging contaminants (pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and artificial sweeteners) in surface and groundwater (drinking water) in the Ganges River Basin, India

2018 388 citations Brij Mohan Sharma, Jitka Bečanová et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Peers

Luca Nizzetto

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IME

HTM

BIOMA

Alessandra Cincinelli Italy

Annika Jahnke Germany

Paul A. Helm Canada

Haibo Zhang China

Bradley O. Clarke Australia

Jeffrey Philip Obbard Singapore

Shixiang Gao China

Wenbing Tan China

Yinghui Wang China

Jinju Geng China

Alessandra Cincinelli Italy

Luca Nizzetto

4.0k ×0.7

POLLU

2.3k ×0.6

IME

2.9k ×1.0

HTM

663 ×0.5

BIOMA

493 ×0.6

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Countries citing papers authored by Luca Nizzetto

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Fields of papers citing papers by Luca Nizzetto

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luca Nizzetto

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Luca Nizzetto. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Luca Nizzetto based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Luca Nizzetto. Luca Nizzetto is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Soinne, Helena, Shin Woong Kim, Raffaella Meffe, et al.. (2025). Conventional and biodegradable agricultural microplastics: effects on soil properties and microbial functions across a European pedoclimatic gradient. Environmental Pollution. 386. 127212–127212.

Kokalj, Anita Jemec, Primož Zidar, Paolo Maria Riccobene, et al.. (2025). Sublethal effects of microplastics sourced from polypropylene agricultural plastics on four soil invertebrate species. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 499. 140247–140247.

Binda, Gilberto, Margarida Costa, Eva Leu, et al.. (2024). The interaction between plastics and microalgae affects community assembly and nutrient availability. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 8 indexed citations

Târţiu, Valentina Elena, Rachel Hurley, Demetres Briassoulis, et al.. (2024). Addressing the environmental sustainability of plastics used in agriculture: a multi-actor perspective. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3.

Vilarinho, R., et al.. (2024). Screening for microplastics in agricultural soils: Applying green chemistry principles in extraction and analysis. Environmental Pollution. 367. 125550–125550. 7 indexed citations

Chakraborty, Paromita, et al.. (2023). Managing Persistent Organic Pollutants in India. 1 indexed citations

Hurley, Rachel, Hans Fredrik Veiteberg Braaten, Luca Nizzetto, et al.. (2023). Measuring riverine macroplastic: Methods, harmonisation, and quality control. Water Research. 235. 119902–119902. 28 indexed citations

Binda, Gilberto, Davide Spanu, Arianna Bellasi, et al.. (2023). Selection of the optimal extraction protocol to investigate the interaction between trace elements and environmental plastic. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 452. 131330–131330. 11 indexed citations

Clayer, François, et al.. (2023). Modelling plastic fluxes with INCA-macroplastics in the Imus catchment: impacts of long-term accumulation and extreme events. Environmental Research Letters. 19(1). 15001–15001. 2 indexed citations

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Hurley, Rachel, Theresa Schell, Martyn N. Futter, et al.. (2023). Retention efficiency for microplastic in a landscape estimated from empirically validated dynamic model predictions. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 464. 132993–132993. 7 indexed citations

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Brumovský, Miroslav, Jitka Bečanová, Ondřej Sáňka, et al.. (2021). Line ferries and cargo ships for the monitoring of marine contaminants of emerging concern: Application along a Europe-Arctic transect. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 424(Pt A). 127232–127232. 12 indexed citations

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Schell, Theresa, Rachel Hurley, Nina Buenaventura, et al.. (2021). Fate of microplastics in agricultural soils amended with sewage sludge: Is surface water runoff a relevant environmental pathway?. Environmental Pollution. 293. 118520–118520. 80 indexed citations

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Nizzetto, Luca, et al.. (2021). IMPASSE – Impacts of microplastic in agrosystems and stream environments. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 1 indexed citations

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Braaten, Hans Fredrik Veiteberg, et al.. (2020). The Norwegian river monitoring programme 2019 – water quality status and trends. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 1 indexed citations

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Silvani, Ludovica, Lucie Bielská, Lucia Škulcová, et al.. (2019). Can polyethylene passive samplers predict polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) uptake by earthworms and turnips in a biochar amended soil?. The Science of The Total Environment. 662. 873–880. 19 indexed citations

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Baho, Didier L., Francesco Pomati, Eva Leu, et al.. (2019). A single pulse of diffuse contaminants alters the size distribution of natural phytoplankton communities. The Science of The Total Environment. 683. 578–588. 13 indexed citations

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Sharma, Brij Mohan, Jitka Bečanová, Martin Scheringer, et al.. (2018). Health and ecological risk assessment of emerging contaminants (pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and artificial sweeteners) in surface and groundwater (drinking water) in the Ganges River Basin, India. The Science of The Total Environment. 646. 1459–1467. 388 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brumovský, Miroslav, Jitka Bečanová, Jiří Kohoutek, Mireno Borghini, & Luca Nizzetto. (2017). Contaminants of emerging concern in the open sea waters of the Western Mediterranean. Environmental Pollution. 229. 976–983. 128 indexed citations

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Durand, Dominique, Ingrid Puillat, Bengt Karlson, et al.. (2016). JERICO-NEXT. Approaches to monitor European coastal seas. Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea). 1 indexed citations

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Nizzetto, Luca, Dan Butterfield, Martyn N. Futter, et al.. (2015). Assessment of contaminant fate in catchments using a novel integrated hydrobiogeochemical-multimedia fate model. The Science of The Total Environment. 544. 553–563. 28 indexed citations

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